State Board of Education: Literacy effort lacks funding

The state's goal is for all third-graders to be proficient in reading.

1:10 AM,
Jan. 24, 2014

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New rules outlining the steps Iowa schools must take to improve early-grade reading were approved Thursday by the State Board of Education, but several members said not enough money was allocated for the initiative to succeed.

Under Iowa law, schools must identify struggling readers and offer them extra support.

The measure, passed in 2012, didn't go into effect until the Legislature this year set aside $8 million for the program. ...